Coin holder



F. E. POIVIROY.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1921.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

Patented Nov. 7, i922.

grp' F A T FRANCS E. FQMB-OY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

COIN HOLDER.

Application filed April 22, 1921.

To all whom t may conccrn j Be it known that I, F RaNcIs Fi. PoMnoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the count-y ct Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and use'lul Improvements in Coin Holders, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for dis` pensing disks, and more particularly to de* vices designed to contain a quantity of small disks, now popularly employed by transit companies, as a medium to be accepted in payment ot fares, these disks being nowcommonly called tokens. rlihese tokens are issued by the companies t0 avoid confusion in making change, especially in localities, where fares have been changed to figures, requiring more than one coin. its these tokens are purchased in quantities, considerable annoy-- ance and discomfort is experienced by patrons, in carrying them about and in keeping them separated from other articles, such as small change and the like.

An object ot the invention, is to provide a device, whereby these disadvantages may be eliminated, and which will not be cumbersome to carry, be neat in appearance, light in weight and extremely simple in construction and operation.

To this end, the invention consists inthe construction, combination `and arrangement ci parts, hereinafter described andclaimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved disk dispensing magazine, illustrating the manner oiE holding it in the hand when about to manipulate it to discharge a disk.

Figure 2 is an end view of same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view ot the outer casing.

Figure d is a perspective view of the disk ejector.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the disk magazine and the ejector guide.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the under side thereof.` j

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the magazine and ejector in assembled form, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of same showing the parts in operative position.

The invention comprises a cylindrical magazine member l, an ejector 2, and an outer casing 3.

The magazine member comprises a ver tically disposed cylindrical magazine 4, haw

the contents may be viewed.

Serial No. 463,647.

ing a flat top 5, the latter provided centrally with a tapped screw hole 6. The magazine is adapted to loosely hold in stacked form, a plurality of disks, and has a Hat bottom 8, extending laterally at right angles away trom the magazine and having its free end 9 seniicircular in shape. The extending bottom is of uniform width, and is bent upwardly and inwardly to form overhanging flanges l0, which latter, in rconnection with the bott-om form an open ended slideway, adapted to slidably receive the ejector blade il, e) as shownin Figures andS. The blade of the ejector element 2, is tormed semi- `circular at its ends, and is joined to the segmental :linger piece i2 extending upwardly at right angles thereto. At its base, the arcuate linger piece has opposite notches 13, adapted to slidably receive the flanges l0. The extending portion of the blade ll, has a -circular aperture 14C, preferably concentric with its semicircular end, said aperture being adapted to hold a disk or token. The blade il, is slightly thinner than the coin, the aperture le being so positioned thereon, as to be concentric with the magazine Li, and the stack of disks, when the semicircular ends of the blade are flush with the ends ot the magazine member, as indicated in Figure et horizontally disposed compression spring l5, extending from the magazine to the inner concave wall of the finger piece, tends to keep the aperture in concentric position relative to the stack ot disks. In the cylindrical magazine are the vertical slits 16, serving as observation openings, whereby Fitting over the assembled magazine and ejector members, is the casing 8, the latter comprising a 'Hat top plate 17 having semicircular ends,

and a surrounding shell 1S joined at right angles to the surrounding edge. of the top plate. As shown, the shell extends to the edge yot the under surface ot the bottom 8 and is flush therewith, and is cut away at one of its semicircular ends to form the finger opening 19. pposite said opening, the lower semicircular edge of the shell is cut away, so that the shell will be Hush with lower edge 2O of the magazine, thereby permitting the ejector' plate to be projected through the slideway (Fig. 8). The top of the casing is pierced by the screw hole 21, adapted to register with the tapped hole 6 whereby the casing may be screwed firmly into position, Referring to Figure 6 of the drawings, the bottom 8, beneath the cylinder is cut away in an arc 0, to form an arcuate notch of the same radius as the aperture lil, so that when the latter is brought into register with said arcuate notch, a disk in the aperture will be tre-e to 'fall therethrough` As indicated in Figure ei, the stacked coins rest upon the blade li, which latter, in turn rests upon the bottom 8. As the wall or the casing forms a stop ttor the linger piece l2, the aperture is in register with the stack of coins, the lowermost thereof entering the aperture and resting upon the bottom 8. As the blade is slightly thinner than the disk, the latter will be removed from the stack, when the blade is slid in the slideway.

ln operation, the device is grasped as shown in Figure l, the finger piece l2, (which is exposed by the inger opening 19) beingengaged by thev thumb and pressed inwardly, against the tension ot the spring 15. The disk in the aperture will thus be shoved from under the stack and carried forward by the ejector blade until the edge ot its aperture is flush with the curved edge a of the bottom, when the disk will be free to fall. To load the magazine, the device is turned bottom. side up, and the aperture brought into discharging position, as shown in Figure S, Disks are now placed one at a time, into the ejector' aperture, and drawn into the cylinder by relieving the spring and thereby permitting the ejector to return to normal position. rlhe casing 3 has slits 2l, which register with the slits i6. By 'constructing the device so as to be rounded at the ends it may be carried in the pocket 'without injuring the same. By cutting the notch (t in the bottom plate 8, and making the inger piece segmental so as to lit or nest with its convex side, against the inner end wall or" the casing, and race with its con cave side the magazine. to form a cavity for the spring l5, economy oi space is efected whereby the device is rendered small and compact.

l claim:

l. A disk holder having disk dispensing devices, comprising a magazine adapted to contain a stack of disks, said magazine having a downward directed open end to discharge said disks, an ejector blade having an aperture adapted to receiife a disk normally in register with said open end, said blade being slidably mounted on said magazine and slidable over and beyond said open end to thereby move said aperture out of register with the latter, a part of the mounting tor said blade extending across the under side of the latter and over said aperture when the latter is in normal position, a closed top casing supported on said magazine and extending around the latter and the end of said blade opposite said aperture, and having a relatively large opening thereat, and a spring pressed finger pieceA on said blade within said casing and extending over the opening in the latter and held under stress ot its spring ther against.

2. A disk holder devices, comprising a cylindrical magazine adapted to hold a stack of disks, said maga zine having an open discharge end directed downward, supporting means including a bottom plate extending over part of said open end and laterally from said receptacle, a slide having an aperture adapted to receive a disk, said aperture normally in vertical alinement with said magazine, said slide being slidable on the top side oi? said bottom plate, in a direction toward the magazine, to extend to a position beyond the outer side thereof, a semicircular linger piece on the outer end of said slide, axially parallel with said magazine and racing the latter with its concave side, a compression springl extending froml the magazine to said finger piece, and a casing having a ringer opening in one end thereof, telescopically htting over said finger piece and magazine, to bring said ringer opening` adjacent the former and being secured to the latter, the ends of said casing being curved to Vtit respectively against the magazine and linger piece when the latter' is in normal position.

A. disk holder and dispensing device, comprising a cylindrical magazine having an open end directed downward, and having a hat bottomed slideway directed at right angles across the opening thereof and extending laterally rom one side thereof, the extremity of the bottom of the slideway extending a distance over said open end, said extremity having an l arcuate notch formed to tit the curvature of a disk, an ejector blade having a disk pocket normally in register with said open end slidable in said slideway to bring said pocket into register with said notch, an upstanding finger piece on said blade spaced from the magazine, a compression spring` extending lbetween the latter and said ringer piece, and a casing enclosing the magazine 'and ringer piece, and engaging with the latter to term a stop therefor, said casing having an opening through which said ringer piece is accessible to be actuated.

il. A disk holder and dispensing device, comprising a magazine adapted to hold a stack of disks, and having an open end directed downward, a slideway extending' at right angles from the magazine, the bottom thereofA extending a distance over said open end, a slide slidable in the slideway, having an aperture at one end adapted to yreceive a disk normally in vertical alinement with said open end and slidable to move said aperture away from the maga- `zine, an ,oblong casing having semi-circular having disk dispensing said finger pieee ttng the curvature of the easing and Closing said opening 1n the latter. l0

In testimony whereof aiiix my signature in presence of a Witness.

FRANCIS E. PO-MRY.

Witness GEORGE Veenema. 

